shutterstock_127060736This winter, as you scrape the ice from you windshield and shovel the driveway, remember the places that the snow and ice become magical and the revisit the rush of the powder beneath your ski and the sharp wind jolting you awake as you glide down a mountainside.

The U.S. has some of the best skiing in the world. Make your winter fantasy a reality, but vistiing these phenomenal – and almost magical – ski paradises.

Vail (Colorado)

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Telluride (Colorado)

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Alta (Utah)

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Aspen Mountain/Snowmass (Colorado)

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Alyeska (Alaska)

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Sun Valley (Idaho)

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Grand Targhee (Wyoming)

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Park City (Utah)

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Jackson Hole (Wyoming)

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Stowe (Vermont)

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Jay Peak (Vermont)

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